News In Brief

June 14, 1984

Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko says he is ready for ''a dialogue and for talks'' with the West ''at any moment,'' Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher reports. But, he said, the dialogue must be ''honest'' and the talks ''serious.''

Mr. Chernenko's comments, scheduled to be printed in Pravda, the official Communist Party newspaper, were released in advance by Tass, the official Soviet news agency. Essentially, they are a response to last week's summit meeting of Western nations in London.